🆚 Altcha vs. CleanTalk

Type

Captcha service
Spam protection software

About

Altcha is an open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted captcha alternative that uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect websites, APIs, and online services from spam and unwanted content.

It performs client-side computational challenges based on hashing and memory-hard algorithms such as Argon2 and Scrypt, adds headers and signatures for verification, operates without cookies, fingerprinting, or external requests, and supports more than 50 languages to meet accessibility and privacy requirements.

CleanTalk is a cloud-based anti-spam protection service that protects websites from spambots.

Headquarters

Brno, Czech Republic
Carson City, Nevada, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
ALTCHA Sentinel€99+/month
Free version ❌
Anti-Spam
1 website$12/year
Unlimited websites$25/month
Blacklists Database
10K checks$3/month
50K checks$11/month
100K checks$20/month

Categories

Captchas › Rank #6
Spam Protection › Rank #9
Spam Protection › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The CleanTalk spam protection software is 25 times more popular than Altcha.
Total websites

Market share

Spam Protection

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

CleanTalk is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Altcha is more popular in Iceland.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
France
Italy
Spain
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

CleanTalk is more popular than Altcha in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Health
Entertainment
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#5,726
#15,520
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Name
Rank
#10,480
#16,935
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See also

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